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Unrrnn drains PATENT OErrrcn.

JAMES MUMORRIES, OF THORPS SPRING, TEX AS.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,712, dated April. 24, 1888.

Application filed December 10, 1837. Serial No. 257,542. [No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES MoMonnrns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Thorps Spring, in the county of Hood and State of Texas,have invent-ed new and useful Improve rnents in HorseDctachers, of which the iollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in horsedetachers; and it has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, light, and easily-operated device which maybe attached to any vehicle.

The invention consistsin two longitudinallymovable rods or bolts which are attached to the thill-clips; the band or strap connected to the said ring, and means whereby the said strap may be drawn by the driver of the vehiole to operate the detachcr.

The invention consists, further, in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts, fully set forthhereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1. is perspective view, looking upward, of the body of a vehicle provided with my detacher. Fig. 2 is a front view with the sliding rods in the detaching position. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Referring by letter to the drawings, Adesig nates the body of the vehicle; B represents the front spring, and 0 represents the front axle, all constructed and arrangedin the ordinary or preferred manner.

D D represent the thiil-clips, which are secured to the ends of the axle in any ordinary manner, and they are provided with registering-eyes E E, between which the eyes on the ends of the thill irons are adapted to beplaced.

F F represent the sliding rods, which are mounted in guides G G on the frontside of the axle, the said guides being attached to the axle by means of the clips G G, which pass around the axle, are inserted at their lower ends in apertures in the plates 9 g, and have nuts screwed on their ends. The outer ends of the rods F F engage in the registeringopenings in the eyes E E. The adjacent ends of the rods F F are separated a short distance, and they are normally held separated by the springs H I-Lwhich are attached thereto. It will therefore be seen that the outer ends of the rods F F are normally held in engagement with the eyes E.

I I represent levers, which are pivoted together and are attached at their lower ends to the adjacent ends of the sliding rods. It will be seen that if the upper ends of these levers are drawn together the rods F F will be drawn inward out of engagement with the eyes E E.

K represents a ring, which embraces and slides on the upper arms of the levers I Land M represents a link, which is attached to the ring for a purpose to be explained.

N represents a transverse shaft, which is mounted in suitable bearings on the under side of the body A, and this shaft is provided at the center with a crank, 0. To the said crank is attached the rear end of a band or strap, L, which passes forward over a pulley, P, at the front end of the body, and is connected at the end to the upper end of the link M. This pulley may be secured at any suitable point to suitthe construction of the vehicle to which the detacher is applied; but in the drawings it is shown attached to the under side of the body A.

It will be the crank 0 will draw rearwardly on the band L, the band will be drawn around the pulley P, and the ring K will be drawn upward on the levers I and cause the latter to operate the rods F F, as described.

The lever-arm It is attached to one end of the shaft N, and to the extremity thereof is attached the lower end of the operating-rod S, which passes vertically through a suitable bearing in the bottom of the body and terminates a short distance above the seat of the vehicle within easy reach of the driver.

Fig. 1 of the drawings shows a tongue or pole, T, having a transverse bar, U, at its rear end, and the ends of the said bar are provided with clips or eyes V V, which are fitted be tween the eyes E E of the thill-clips D D. The ends of the rods F F are engaged in the regseen that if the shaft N is rotated istering-eyes E E and V, and they thus pivot the said tongue or pole to the axle. It will be understood that shafts are pivoted to the axle'in the same manner as apole.

The operation of releasing a horse from the wagon will now be readily seen. It is simply necessary to draw the rod S upward, thereby rotating the shaft N, and the rods F F will be drawn inward against the force of the springs H H, and the clips or eyes on the ends of the shafts or the bar U will be released. When the rod S is released, the springs H H force the rods F outward, thereby operating the le vers I, which draw the ring K downward, thus returning the parts of the device to their original positions.

This detacher is very simple,and it may be applied, with but slight alterations in the arrangement of the parts, to any vehicle.

It will be understood that the levers I I are pivoted together; but they are not pivoted or attached in any way to the body or any part of the vehicle. They are only connected at their lower ends to the adjacent ends of the sliding rods. Therefore the rods F are connected together at their inner ends by the levers and are capable of simultaneous longitudinal movement in either direction. This arrangement is of advantage, from the fact that it prevents an undue straining of the parts of the device when adetachment is being effected.

Having thus described my invention, I elaim- 1. The combination, with the body and the axle, of the crank-shaft journaled on the under side of the body, the sliding rods mounted on the front side of the axle, the'ring connected to said rods to draw them together when it is raised, the pulley mounted on the under side of the body, the link connected to the ring, the strap passing over the said pulley and connected to the link, and the crankshaft, as set forth.

2. The combination of the sliding rods, springs to normally hold said rods projected, the crossed levers pivoted together and having their lower ends pivoted to the sliding rods, the ring mounted loosely on the upper ends of said crossed levers, and mechanism for raising and lowering said ring, as set forth.

3. Inahorse-detacher,the combination,with the t-hill-elips having the registeringeyes E E, of the sliding spring-actuated rods FF,engaging normally in the said eyes, the levers I Lpivoted together and attached at theirlower ends to the said rods, the ring K,sliding on the upper arms of the levers, the link M, attached to the ring, the pulley P, mounted on a suitable bearing on the vehicle, the transverse shaft N, having the crank O, the band L, passing over the pulley P and connected at its ends respectively to the crank O and the link M, the arm B, attached to the end of the shaft N, and the vertical operatingrod S, connected at the lower end to the extremity of the said arm,

substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MOMORRIES.

Witnesses:

(J. H. RICHARDS, GEoR. W. KENNON. 

